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R. D. KNIGHT. ADVERTISING DEVICE.

No. 489,126. Patented Jan. 3, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD D. KNIGHT, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,126, dated January 3, 1893.

Application filed March 11, 1892. Serial No. 424,497- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD D. KNIGHT, of the city and county of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain new and useful Advertising Device; and I do hereby declare the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same, to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to produce an advertising device in which the advertising matter or the information to be conveyed will be concealed from view, but which will by reason of its appearance and the character of its make-up arouse a desire or a curiosity to examine the interior of said device, which examination will reveal and present to view the advertising matter or other information desired to be brought to the attention of the investigator.

To that end my invention consists in an advertising device which as a Whole is made to resemble in appearance an ordinary powder cracker, and which consists of an exterior shell or casing and an interior roll of paper or other suitable material upon which the advertising matter or other information or representations is to be displayed, to which interior roll of paper is attached apiece of twine, which when the roll is in place in its easing will project after the manner of the fuse of a powder cracker, said piece of twine also serving as a means for Withdrawing the roll of paper from its casing.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents the device complete; Fig. 2 represents the device with the interior roll of paper partly pulled out of the casing; Fig. 3 represents the shell or casing; and Fig. 4; represents the interior roll of paper partially unrolled and with the piece of twine attached.

a represents a hollow shell or casing of tubular form, and b represents a roll of paper or other suitable material upon which advertising matter or other information or representations may be displayed, and which when rolled up is to be inserted within the casing a. A piece of twine c is attached to the inner end of the roll of paper, and in such position that when the paper is rolled up the piece of twine will project from the center of the roll. This location of the piece of twine not only corresponds to the position of the fuse in a powder cracker, but with the piece of twine so located the pull on the twine will serve to draw the roll more or less into the form of a spiral, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby relieving the pressure upon the walls of the casing and enabling the roll to be readily pulled out of the casing. Anv desired number of sheets of paper may be employed to compose the roll b. In the drawings the roll is shown as composed of a long strip of paper folded once, with the piece of twine 0 located in the fold as shown, and which is a very convenient construction. By employing suitable colors for the exterior of the casing and for the roll of paper, the resemblance to a powder-cracker may be made complete.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

An advertising device made to represent a powder cracker, and composed of an exterior tubular shell or casing and an interior roll of paper or other suitable material upon which advertising matter or other information or representations may be displayed, said interior roll of paper having a piece of twine attached to the inner end of said roll and projecting from the center thereof, by means of which said roll may be withdrawn from said casing to disclose the contents of said roll, substantially as described.

RICHARD D. KNIGHT.

Witnesses:

W. H. THURSTON, S. J. MURPHY. 

